Awards Quote by Mouloud Benzadi

“How can 5 judges decide the best book of the year without reading every book of the year? While some lucky authors can enter…

— Mouloud Benzadi

“Literary award judges have the power to select a prize winner, granting them fame and potentially turning their book into a bestseller. However, determining…

— Mouloud Benzadi

“Literary award competitions are like social media platforms, and judging panels are their users. Submitting a book to a literary award competition is like…

— Mouloud Benzadi

“I don't consider those competitions fair where judges get to decide the winner, because selected judges quite often are not worthy or qualified enough…

— Amit Kalantri

Book awards - in America, at least - are not like the Oscars. Awards are not cumulative, and in the case of something like…

— Michelle Dean

“One of the disadvantages of literary awards is the fact that authors are writing to please a book award committee, rather than to spread…

— Mouloud Benzadi

“If you are a winner by the judgements of few judges and not by your performance, you are not a real winner.”

— Amit Kalantri

No one judges a book by it cover!

— Tammy Joseph

“To understand subjectivity in literary awards, think of these competitions as social media platforms and judging panels as their users. A book you submit…

— Mouloud Benzadi

“Scores give better decision than judges.”

— Amit Kalantri

We prize books, and they prize them most who are themselves wise.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you really want a prize, or if you really want applause, you should try to write as many books as humanly possible.

— Junot Diaz